#ProducersCorner – Tahir Jones

Thato Mofolo, better known by his now changed stage name ‘Tahir Jones’ (used to go by Seoul-Ria till sometime in 2015); was born in the early 90’s in a township called Kanana in Klerksdorp. His interest for music ignited as soon as he was called up to join the church choir, where he learned a few instrumental basics such as the Piano, Bass and Drums. He later realized that his one true passion lies in the sounds and instruments of house music – which he started learning and producing at the early age of 17.

In 2009, he developed interest in Deep House Production, which later gave him the urge to learn more as he branched out into Hip-Hop too (not to pursue a career but to give a stepping stone to those in need of beats and proper production, with Syclonic & Fezz being amongst those he has produced for in the past). In 2011, Tahir joined a Deep House Crew called Blaq Sons which consists of 4 members (Brian Sox, Abdul Horus, Altmann & himself) and his music career has tremendously elevated to massive heights including winning ‘Banger Of The Year’ at the Matlosana Music Awards in 2014.

He has since released his solo music under DeepWit Recordings, Oh So Coy Records, Lilac Jeans Music, Out and Out, Rogue Decibels, Mole Music, Lisztomania Records, BQ Recordings, Get Loud, Candid Beings, Basement Art, DeepStitched, House Afrika and did several remixes for Wolta, Sizz, Opz, Clyde Zeibs, Lilac Jeans, Tamandua Twist, Nicolas Gudino, NiQue Tii and Sakhile SK. Tahir is also a phenomenal vocalist who has worked with various artists and has been featured by Fezz, Syclonic, Fka Mash, Urban Musique, Wolta, Chronical Deep, Matt Prehn and The AquaBlendz.

Tahir is a music lover who longs to strengthen our House music industry; evidentary, is how every element adds value to what we all give off from a complete house package. He comes from a place where his crew name happens to attract a lot of buzz; ‘Blaq sons’ has widely spread as a cohort over the few past years, thus helping increase his chances of breaking into the main-stream. He’s worked on a few solo projects – reaching satisfying amounts of notable hits and glorious feedback. He has also gone on to receive much praise where he has solo produced and also where he featured on vocals for a few artists.

“I’m mostly motivated by the freedom that music is to all of us. Regardless of where you come from or how you look when you share music to us, and it is very beautiful, we are gonna love and appreciate it and even dance to the elements if possible”

Tahir is definitely a force to be reckoned with,

“Given the chance I think I’d have no choice but to make ALL music LIVE.”